United States Supreme Court
Iraq v. Beatty, 07-1090
In an action alleging mistreatment by Iraqi officials during the 1991 Gulf War, the Court of Appeals' holding that the District Court had jurisdiction to hear the case is reversed where the District Court lost jurisdiction when the President exercised his Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act authority to make 28 U.S.C. section 1605(a)(7) inapplicable with respect to Iraq.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/08/2009
- Published 06/08/2009
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- United States Supreme Court